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[FYI] More on DMCA
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- Subject: [FYI] More on DMCA
- From: Kristian Köhntopp <kk@netuse.de>
- Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 13:02:33 +0200
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http://www.politechbot.com/p-01116.html
Associated Press threatens to sue over Elian pix parody
site
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 14:43:59 -0400
To: politech@vorlon.mit.edu
Subject: FC: Associated Press threatens to sue over Elian pix parody site
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Cc: dtomlin@ap.org, brad_king@wired.com
[It seems like we're seeing a two-tier copyright system emerge on the Net.
If you own your own server (as I do), or pay for hosting, you'll have a
better chance of fending off specious copyright claims. For instance, if my
coloc provider were to pull the plug on my server -- not that I think they
would -- they'd better have a bloody good reason. But if you have a free
web site on Geocities, watch out. Even online, or especially online, you
get what you pay for. --Declan]
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http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,35958,00.html
Wazzup? Not Elián Web Parody
by Brad King
11:25 a.m. Apr. 27, 2000 PDT
The latest in a quick string of "Wazzup" commercial website parodies --
this one a takeoff of last weekend's Elián Gonzalez drama -- is history.
The Associated Press, which holds the copyright to the now-famous picture
of an armed agent about to seize the 6-year-old Cuban boy from a caretaker,
has threatened legal action against the creator of the Internet-based
animation.
Although site creator Sean Bonner took down the site, he did not slink away
quietly.
[...]
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